I mean, we should be able to hate Elon Musk while still respect the fact that, SpaceX as a company has done incredible things.
You say NASA could’ve done it for cheaper, but their track record is not great. Apollo program, historical, but was very expensive. Then the Space Shuttle, then the SLS, they are all extremely expensive compared to, not just Falcon 9, but also Russia or China’s offerings.
I hate Musk but I am also passionate about space… So yeah, I don’t know how to process this. Maybe it’s fine for people to just believe SpaceX did nothing good as long as that gets more people to hate Musk… I really don’t know (help me)
NASA is a government program, Space X is private enterprise first of all. And what exactly has incredible things has space Space X actually done?
One got us to the moon and back.
One has contributed an amazing amount of information about the universe to us.
One has made it cheaper by recycling rockets, which is not something amazing but largely driven by private enterprise wanting to create a service to gain a profit and return for investors.
They’re both chalk and cheese. NASA doesn’t have to do it for cheaper because they’re not about making profits. They’re not a company.
A better comparison would be to compare Space X to that other space company by that other billionaire.
I mean, we should be able to hate Elon Musk while still respect the fact that, SpaceX as a company has done incredible things.
You say NASA could’ve done it for cheaper, but their track record is not great. Apollo program, historical, but was very expensive. Then the Space Shuttle, then the SLS, they are all extremely expensive compared to, not just Falcon 9, but also Russia or China’s offerings.
I hate Musk but I am also passionate about space… So yeah, I don’t know how to process this. Maybe it’s fine for people to just believe SpaceX did nothing good as long as that gets more people to hate Musk… I really don’t know (help me)
NASA is a government program, Space X is private enterprise first of all. And what exactly has incredible things has space Space X actually done?
One got us to the moon and back.
One has contributed an amazing amount of information about the universe to us.
One has made it cheaper by recycling rockets, which is not something amazing but largely driven by private enterprise wanting to create a service to gain a profit and return for investors.
They’re both chalk and cheese. NASA doesn’t have to do it for cheaper because they’re not about making profits. They’re not a company.
A better comparison would be to compare Space X to that other space company by that other billionaire.